"Between two options - not doing anything and continuing without a budget, or giving Spaniards their say - I choose the second," Pedro Sanchez told reporters. Opinion polls suggest one outcome of the snap election could be a rightwing majority in parliament, including a newly-emerged far-right party. On Wednesday, Catalan MPs joined right-wing lawmakers in rejecting his budget. On Friday, Sanchez blasted the "blocking of a social budget after seven years of social injustice, austerity, and spending cuts." Several opinion polls see Sanchez's Socialist party winning an election but likely unable to form a majority in parliament, even with Podemos.

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 15, 2019 11:26 UTC